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July 01, 2025
Gov't Structural Reform Urged To Boost Participation In LSE
The government must unify the fragmented departments involved in oversight of retail participation in public markets in order to encourage Britons to invest in companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, City experts said Tuesday.
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July 01, 2025
Petrofac Suffers Blow As Creditors Block $355M Rescue Plan
Samsung and an Italian oilfield services company have won their challenge to a $355 million restructuring plan for Petrofac, as a London appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the benefits of the plan had not been shown to be fair to all creditors.
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July 01, 2025
SIX Finalizes Aquis Deal, Boosts European Market Reach
SIX Exchange Group AG said on Tuesday it has successfully closed its acquisition of London's challenger stock exchange Aquis, which the Swiss bourse group believes will boost its position in European trading.
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July 01, 2025
Blackstone Can Raise Bid Amid Rival Offer For UK Investor
Blackstone said Tuesday it is examining whether to table a new bid for Warehouse REIT, a logistics investor based in the U.K., after its takeover target agreed to a £485.2 million ($668.2 million) deal with rival Tritax in June.
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July 01, 2025
BNP Paribas Seals €5.1B Axa Investment Management Buy
BNP Paribas Cardif said on Tuesday that it has finalized its purchase of the investment management business of French insurer Axa for an estimated €5.1 billion ($6 billion).
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July 01, 2025
Aviva's £3.7B Direct Line Deal Gets CMA Approval
The competition regulator said Tuesday that it has waved through Aviva's £3.7 billion ($5.1 billion) cash and stock acquisition of rival insurer Direct Line, granting the deal its final regulatory clearance.
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June 30, 2025
Hong Kong's IPO Surge Creates More Competition For US
Hong Kong led global exchanges on new listings for operating companies in the first half of 2025, partly benefiting from a U.S.-China rift that is prompting more mainland China companies to seek secondary listings in Hong Kong, according to new data released on Monday.
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June 30, 2025
Software Startup Says Ideagen Trademark Use Not Deceptive
A software startup founded by the former directors of a company acquired by Ideagen has hit back at claims it lured customers away through deception, telling a court that it has every right to compete with Ideagen.
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June 30, 2025
UBS Launches $2B Buyback To Trim Share Capital
UBS Group AG revealed on Monday the imminent launch of a $2 billion share repurchase program, a move expected to lower the Swiss banking giant's outstanding share capital.
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June 30, 2025
White & Case-Led CVC, Tabreed To Buy PAL Cooling For $1B
Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners said Monday that its infrastructure investment arm CVC DIF has teamed up with Tabreed, an Abu Dhabi-based cooling company, to acquire PAL Cooling from Multiply Group for approximately 3.8 billion UAE dirhams ($1 billion).
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June 30, 2025
Digital Marketing Biz Buys Irish Promo Firm For €5.5M
Digital marketing business Eagle Eye said Monday that it had acquired Promotional Payments Solutions Ltd. for a net consideration of €5.5 million ($6.4 million), a move it expects will bolster its business.
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June 30, 2025
Private Rentals Owner PRS Waits On £631M Bid From Investor
Private rental homes landlord PRS REIT PLC said Monday that it had received an approximately £631 million ($865 million) bid from London-based investor Long Harbour Ltd. earlier in June as a part of the strategic review the company launched in October.
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June 30, 2025
Insurer Competition Drives Down Pension Plan Costs
Increased competition in the pensions insurance market has driven down costs to their lowest level in two years, professional services company Aon said Monday.
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June 30, 2025
BP Marsh Raises Stake In RPC-Advised Broker To 39%
Private equity investor B.P. Marsh said Monday that it has snapped up an additional 2% interest in Pantheon for £5.5 million ($7.5 million), expanding its holding in the Lloyd's market broker to 39%.
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June 30, 2025
Biz Manager ActiveOps Buys Aussie Rival For Up To $21.5M
ActiveOps PLC said Monday it has bought Australian rival Enlighten Group Pty Ltd. in a transaction worth up to of $21.5 million, as the U.K. business management software platform bids to expand globally.
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June 30, 2025
UK Opens Probe Into Boeing's $4.7B Deal For Spirit Aero
Britain's antitrust authority said Monday that it has opened a formal probe into Boeing's planned $4.7 billion deal to buy aircraft parts maker Spirit AeroSystems to consider whether it could harm competition in U.K. markets.
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June 30, 2025
Military Tech Giant To Buy UK Comms Maker For Up To £20M
Chemring said Monday it has agreed to acquire Landguard Nexus Ltd., a U.K. manufacturer of communications systems, in a deal worth up to £20 million ($27 million), as the defense technology company eyes growing its product portfolio.
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June 27, 2025
Off The Bench: Tatis Says Loan 'Predatory,' Tennis Player Suit
In this week's Off The Bench, a Major League Baseball star wants out of a "predatory" loan from a future earnings investment company, a group of migrant workers keep alive their suit accusing companies that helped develop World Cup facilities in Qatar of exploitation and abuse, and the tennis Grand Slam tournaments may be in the crosshairs of players suing the sport's hierarchy.
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June 27, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Sidley Austin
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Spectris backs a takeover offer from Advent, C&S Wholesale Grocers acquires SpartanNash, NBA team owners approve the sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx to a consortium led by former limited partners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, and Illumina Inc. acquires SomaLogic from Standard BioTools.
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June 27, 2025
Marketing Consultancy In Talks To Sell Some Brands
Marketing consultancy Next 15 Group PLC confirmed Friday that it is in talks about offloading some of its brands, amid media speculation about the move.
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June 27, 2025
Pensions Admin Staff To Strike Amid Takeover Plan
A union for public sector workers announced a six-week-long strike action Friday against the management of pension administrator MyCSP, ahead of a planned takeover of the administration of civil service pensions by professional services company Capita.
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June 27, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the British Basketball Federation sued by members of the men's professional basketball league for alleged competition breaches, songwriter Coco Star file an intellectual property claim against Universal Music Publishing, and the Solicitors Regulation Authority file a claim against the Post Office amid ongoing investigations into law firms linked to the Horizon IT Scandal. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 27, 2025
Luxembourg's RTL To Buy Sky Deutschland For €150M
Luxembourgish media conglomerate RTL said Friday it will buy Sky Deutschland from Comcast for €150 million ($176 million) in cash, to create an entertainment heavyweight with 11.5 million paying subscribers to compete with streaming giants Netflix and Amazon Prime.
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June 27, 2025
Digital Finance Group Lists On AIM To Boost Investor Reach
Tap Global Group PLC began trading its stock on London's junior Alternative Investment Market on Friday, which the digital finance platform hopes will bolster its exposure to investors.
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June 27, 2025
EU Ready For US Trade Deal, Von Der Leyen Says
The European Union is ready for a trade deal with the U.S. in the weeks ahead, but "all options remain on the table," the European Commission's president said Friday.
Expert Analysis
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How ESG Matters Are Influencing M&A Due Diligence Trends
With a proliferation of environmental, social and governance-related regulatory developments and a desire to comply with best practice, ESG matters have become an increasingly important area of focus for both clients and advisers in M&A transactions, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.
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Changes To UK Competition Rules Will Extend CMA Powers
Recent amendments to U.K. competition and consumer law regimes introduce changes to merger control and antitrust investigations that will result in the speedier resolution of cases and greater autonomy for the Competition and Markets Authority, say Bill Batchelor and Aurora Luoma at Skadden.